Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
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Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad | |
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Reporting marks | WNYP |
Locale | Northwest Pennsylvania and Western New York |
Dates of operation | 1895–present |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge) |
Length | 186.5 miles (300.1 km) |
Headquarters | Falconer, NY |
The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting marks WNYP) is a Class III, short-line railroad that operates in Western New York and Northwest Pennsylvania.
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[edit] History
Originally incorporated in March 1895, WNYP was acquired in 1900 by the Pennsylvania Railroad,[1] which, along with the Pennsylvania Company, operated the railroad through 1917. The United States Railroad Administration took control of the line in 1918.
The Northwest Pennsylvania Railroad Authority bought most of the tracks in Pennsylvania from Conrail in the early 1990s when Conrail stopped running trains between Meadville, Pennsylvania and Hornell, New York and announced plans to abandon the tracks between Meadville and Corry, Pennsylvania.[2] The authority then sold the 41.5 miles (66.8 km) tracks to WNYP in 2002 for 1 dollar and the cancellation of its $1.9 million debt.[2]
In August 2007, WNYP became the operator of a "roughly 110-mile (177 km) stretch of line between Driftwood, Pennsylvania and Machias, New York."[2]
[edit] Operations
WNYP currently operates railroad equipment east and west on track it owns or leases between Hornell and Rouseville, Pennsylvania, and north from Olean, New York to Machias and south from Olean to Driftwood.
Since 2001, service on the line between Corry and Meadville "has grown from a few trains a week to several trains a day," according to the Erie Times-News.[2]
In December 2005, Norfolk Southern leased 45.3 miles (72.9 km) of track to WNYP allowing it to run coal between Rouseville and Meadville, Pennsylvania and then on to 186.5 miles (300.1 km) of tracks owned by WNYP toward Hornell. The trains head eastward to supply coal-fired power plants in New York and New England.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Pennsylvania In Control; It Acquires the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad" (PDF), The New York Times, 27 May 1900. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
- ^ a b c d Hahn, Tim. "Railroad Revived", Erie Times-News, 27 January 2008, pp. 1B. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
- ^ Gushard, Keith. "Meadville will be a railroad town again: Railroad companies expanding operations through Meadville", The Meadville Tribune, 2005-12-22. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
[edit] External links
- Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
- Corporate Genealogy (1929)
- WNY&P RR - Western New York Railroad Archive
- Penn RR Chautauqua Branch - Western New York Railroad Archive